Use of routine ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration cytology to assess the neck in patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
β Scribed by Jr-Hung Chen; Chen-Chi Wang
- Book ID
- 115556231
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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